bearded vulture
Britishnoun
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He embraced secular Zionism, helped found a kibbutz in his late teens and changed his name to Peres, Hebrew for a kind of bearded vulture.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2016
The large bearded vulture is not only an uncompanionable fellow to look at, but he doesn't behave respectably.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Newnes, George
Birds of prey include the bearded vulture, aasvogel and several varieties of eagles, hawks, falcons and owls.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Lammergeier, lam′mėr-gī-ėr, n. the great bearded vulture of the mountains of southern Europe, Asia, and northern Africa.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
He binds himself to one of the feet of a rukh, i.e. condor, or bearded vulture.
From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel
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